Barzahk

Barzahk

(Deity)

Titles

The Passage

Realm

Dead Roads, Boneyard

Alignment

Neutral

Areas of Concern

Compasses
Travelers
Vigils

Worshipers

Guards
Pilgrims
Nomads
Sailors

Edicts

Aid travelers and those who return from the dead, tend to roadside graves, find missing objects or people

Anathema

Celebrate specific calendar dates over others, avoid travel or change, freeze time for an object or creature

Follower Alignments (1E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (1E)

Knowledge, Protection, Repose, Travel

Follower Alignments (2E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Sanctification (2E)

None

Domains (2E)

Death, knowledge, travel, vigil

Favored Weapon

Club

Symbol

Two straight lines that converge vertically through a circle

Sacred Animal

Migratory birds

Sacred Colors

Black, gray

Images of Barzahk

Source: Concordance of Rivals, pg(s). 6 (1E)
Divine Mysteries, pg(s). 212, 314–315 (2E)

Alignment details are sourced from Concordance of Rivals and Lost Omens Gods & Magic 88 and 130–131. The religious symbol, sacred animal, and sacred color for this deity are listed exclusively in the Divine Mysteries Web Supplement.

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Barzahk

(Creature)

Type

Outsider
(extraplanar, psychopomp, shapechanger)

CR

28

Environment

Any (Boneyard)

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Images of Barzahk

Source: Borne by the Sun's Grace, pg(s). 88

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Barzahk is the psychopomp usher responsible for maintaining the Dead Roads, the route network used by the psychopomps to travel to the Universe, and for escorting the souls of those who die far from their home. Barzahk also keeps track of visitors arriving at and leaving the Boneyard.Their symbol of office is the artefact known as Surcease of Sorrows.

History

Barzahk was born from the needs and fears of psychopomps, and emerged fully formed at the same time as the Dead Roads.

Home

Barzahk endlessly roams the Dead Roads and rarely attends to their duties, but has difficulty understanding the world outside and seldom leaves their realm.

Appearance

Barzahk resembles a giant migratory bird clad in robes, typically a corvid but less often as a songbird. Barzahk carries a tombstone and bone key that, when used together, can lock or unlock a soul's memories upon their passage to the afterlife.

Servants

Barzahk's servants benefit from significant autonomy, akin to that of psychopomp ushers; real ushers are quick to disabuse such hubris. This autonomy affords these servants the ability to take on his often neglected duties while themselves remaining migratory.

Worshippers

Mortals worship Barzahk as a patron of compasses, travel, and vigils. Barzahk is also venerated as part of the Deliberate Journey, a pantheon of deific beings interested in purposeful travel.